Camborne (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia

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Camborne
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
Camborne in Cornwall and Devon, 1918–45
1885–1950
Seats	One
Created from	West Cornwall
Replaced by	Falmouth and Camborne and St Ives

Camborne was a county constituency in Cornwall which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new Falmouth and Camborne.

Between 1885 and 1918 its official name was The North West or Camborne Division of Cornwall, and it was sometimes referred to simply as North West Cornwall.

1885–1918: Part of the Sessional Division of Penwith East, and the civil parishes of Gwennap and St Agnes.

1918–1950: The Borough of Helston, the Urban Districts of Camborne, Hayle, Phillack, and Redruth, the Rural District of Redruth, in the Rural District of East Kerrier the parishes of Constantine, Mabe, and Perranarworthal, in the Rural District of Helston the parishes of Crowan and Wendron, and in the Rural District of Truro the parishes of Kea, Kenwyn Rural, Perranzabuloe, St Agnes, St Allen, and Tregavethan.

Year	Member	Party
	1885	Charles Conybeare	Liberal
	1895	Arthur Strauss	Liberal Unionist
	1900	William Sproston Caine	Liberal
	1903 by-election	Sir Wilfrid Lawson	Liberal
	1906	Albert Dunn	Liberal
	1910	Sir Francis Acland	Liberal
	1922	Algernon Moreing	National Liberal
	1923	Leif Jones	Independent Liberal (sat with Liberal Party when elected)
	1924	Algernon Moreing	Constitutionalist
	1924	Unionist
	1929	Leif Jones	Liberal
	1931	Sir Peter Agnew	Conservative
1950	constituency abolished

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Liberal: Rt Hon. Francis Dyke Acland
• Unionist:

• No Coupon was issued

• The local Liberal Association was unable to agree on a candidate, but Moreing was recognised as the official candidate by Liberal Party HQ.

General Election 1939–40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

• Conservative: Peter Agnew
• Liberal:
• Labour: J J H Moses

• Camborne and Redruth (UK Parliament constituency)
• Falmouth and Camborne (UK Parliament constituency)